By Adnan Prekić – Podgorica After several months of preparatory work, today, in Kumbor on the montenegrin coast officially started the work on one of the biggest tourist complexes in Europe. The company Azmont backed by the Azerbaijan state oil company SOKAR began the construction of the project ‘PORTONOVI’, which is worth €500 million. […]

Milan, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency Albania is ready to welcome Italian enterprises by allowing them to rent properties for a symbolic price of 1 Euro perpetually. This was declared by prime minister Edi Rama during a meeting with Italian entrepreneurs in Milan. Italian media report that Rama has declared that, “We’re ready to […]

Tirana, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency Albanian Foreign Ministry officially declared today that it has pressed charges against Mrs. Nausika Spahija, former General Consul of the Republic of Albania in Milan. Based on the report of the internal audit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has identified legal breaches in the activity of […]

Tirana, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency President of Republic, Bujar Nishani has reacted over the overthrow of his two decrees relating to the proposal for appointment of Mr. Petrit Ceno and Mr. Gjovalin Pernoca as members of the Supreme Court. In an official reaction, the head of the state says that with the proposal […]

Skopje, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency Two parties of the governing coalition in FYR Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE and BDI, still enjoy a big support amongst citizens in the country. This has been the result of the survey published and conducted by the Institute for Political Studies ‘Dimitrija Cupovski”. According to this survey, if early elections […]

Review Hari Stefanatos The Prime Minister of Croatia, Zoran Milanovic, on an interview on NOVA TV on Thursday said that Croatia will try to cut on the expenditures, but not at any cost. “The European Commission recommended, after Croatia entered the excessive deficit procedure, reducing the deficit by 2.3% of GDP, which is nearly […]

Pristina, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency A debate on the electoral reform is taking place in the parliament of Kosovo. Following the unanimous voting of the bill for the ratification of the agreement for the status of the members of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania and Security Forces of the Republic […]

By MajaTuljković – Sarajevo After nearly three months, the parents of children of Bosniak nationality from KonjevićPolje began to dismantle the tent village they have set up in front of the Office of the High Representative building (OHR) in Sarajevo. At the meeting of parents in Nova Kasaba, they came to a decision to […]

Skopje, January 31, 2014/Balkan Independent News Agency Mayor of Center commune in Skopje, Andrej Zhernovski declared today that the monument of the Serb king Tsar Dushan in Skopje has been placed with the only scope of causing problems and incidents. Zhernovski is one of the leaders of Macedonian opposition, who won in the central commune […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Bulgaria to pursue “bold structural reforms […] to lift growth, create jobs, and enhance productivity” in its annual review of the country’s economy. The review, known in IMF parlance as an “Article IV consultation”, praised Bulgaria for maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability despite external and internal challenges, but […]